The Rise And Fall Of Empires

How did the rise and fall of empires prepare the world for spread of the Good News?

The Man of Truth came to this earth in the fullness of time to bring the Jews, who were given the Law of Truth (Torah aka The Law), into the House of Truth (Galatians 4:4-7).  The Apostles of Truth then went out to the Gentiles to turn them from idol worship, and celebrating holidays to mark the seasons, like Christmas and Easter, and bring them into the House of Truth (Galatians 4:8-11).

It was the perfect time for the Good News about him to spread quickly, as the world had been prepared to have the perfect conditions for this to happen by the rise and fall of empires.

There was peace between the Roman Empire, Parthian Empire, Kushan Empire, and China.  This allowed free movement of trade along the Silk Road from Louyang, the capital of China, to Ephesus, on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.  There was also an extensive road network throughout the Roman Empire.  The Parthian and Kushan road networks went as far east as the eastern edge of northern India.  This started as an extensive road network throughout the Persian Empire that went as far north as the border between China and Afghanistan.

The remains of this Persian road network even allowed a Roman legion separated from the rest of the Roman army in 53 BC, to created a Roman colony in western China.  According to the Roman historian Pliny the Elder, the Parthians captured 10,000 Roman soldiers in the Battle of Carrhae in eastern modern Turkey, and relocated them to their northwest border, near China, to fight the invading Huns.  Chinese histories say that these foreign mercenaries with Roman armor and tactics moved into the Western Regions of China, and eventually settled in a city named Li-Jien (pronounced "legion" with a Chinese accent).  This is supported by Roman coins from about that period being found in western China.  There has also been found the remains of a Roman hoist for building Roman fortifications near the site of the ancient city of Li-Jien.

Today, there are people living in the vicinity of Li-Jien, who claim to be the descendants of these Roman soldiers.  The DNA of these people in Liqian show that they are about 56% Caucasian.  They also have many facial features that consistent with descendants of a Roman colony that intermarried with the surrounding people over the centuries.

The Roman Empire also maintained an extensive system of river channels and sea lanes to make unhindered movement via ships possible throughout much of the Roman Empire.  It also established sea routes from Egpyt to India, including Barbicum (Karachi, Pakistan), the Kerala coast of India, and Ganges, where the Ganges river empties into the Bay of Bengal.  It even had sea routes along the East Coast of Africa that went as south as Raphta, which was near the border of Tanzania and Mozambique.  (Sheba (modern South Africa) had trade via land with Raphta as well.)

India had established colonies to the east of India that reached the colonies that China had established to the south of China.  This area became known as Indo-China.  They also created colonies among the Melanesian islands to the south in what is now Indonesia.

The Romans sailed along these routes as well and reached China via the sea as well.  In fact, Roman coins from about 140 AD have been found in the Jiaozhi (modern Vietnam).  Roman coins from that period have even been found in Japan.

The Parthian and Kushan Empires came from the parts of the four Greek Empires, that the Romans had not conquered.  These four Greek Empires arose from the short lived unified Greek Empire that Alexander the Great created, when he conquered the Persian Empire and beyond.  The Persian Empire was formed by conquering the Babylonian Empire and beyond.  The Babylonian Empire came from conquering the Assyrian Empire and beyond.

The common language across the Assyrian Empire became Syriac Aramaic.  The Babylonians continued to use Syriac Aramaic as the common language of their empire, after they conquered the Assyrian Empire, causing its use to spread.  The Persians used Syriac Aramaic as the common language in the western half of their Empire, after they conquered the Babylonian Empire.  Over these centuries, Aramaic became the common language of trade from the Western Regions of China to the western end of modern Turkey to south of Ethiopia.

Then the Greeks came.  Their empire stretched from the Western Regions of China, where artifacts including a tapestry showing Greek soldiers have been found, to modern Albania, to Egypt to India.  They forced everyone to learn Greek across the four Greek Empires, after the death of Alexander the Great.  Soon, Greek became not only the common language of trade, but also the language of education as well.  The well educated in the courts of kings from China to Italy to Sheba (modern South Africa) to southern India all could read, write, and speak Greek.  Anywhere that any one went in most of the known world, someone could be found who knew Greek.

When the Romans took over the western part of the four Greek Empires, they simply allowed Greek to remain as the common language of the eastern half of the Roman Empire.  Where Greek was not already the common language, they forced everyone to learn Latin.

When the remaining parts of the four Greek Empires were conquered by the Parthians, and the Kushans, they allowed Greek to remain as the common language.  All of these empires removed the restrictions on Syriac Aramaic that the Greeks had imposed.  (It had continued to be spoken as a second language, particularly in rural areas.)

So by just using just one language, Greek, a message could be given that would be understood by about half the people in the most densely populated parts of the Old World.  By translating that into just two more languages, Latin and Syriac Aramaic, almost ninety percent could be reached.

Also, the people of Israel were scattered across this same massive area, and had created a network of communities by the rise and fall of these empires.  These communities formed a system of mutual hospitality that made it possible for any of the people of Israel to travel from one community to another in long journeys.  The members of these communities always had a place to stay in other communities.  This system provided both an instant Jewish audience for wherever the Jewish Children of Truth, like the Apostles of Truth, went, and a means for the Apostles of Truth to take the Good News from Jerusalem to the most distant of these lands within two years time.

The Temple in Jerusalem was effectively a communication hub that allowed these communities to stay in contact with other communities from one end of this massive area to the other.   These communities sent people to Jerusalem to worship in the Temple for the Feasts of Truth that make up the Greatest Play Ever, where they would connect with people from other communities.  A message that began in Jerusalem could be distributed to all of these communities within a year or two.

So, everything was in place to allow those who carried the Good News, to spread their message across a large geographical area in a shorter period of time, than had ever been possible before.  These perfect conditions only remained for a period of about forty years, that began about the time that the Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ) started his ministry in Israel and ended with the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem.  Communication between communities still existed to a much lesser degree after that, until the Romans scattered the Jews and destroyed the providence of Judea about sixty-five years later.  Even then, communications between communities were still possible, until Greek ceased to be the common language outside of the Roman Empire, about eighty-five years later.  After that, there would not be another opportunity like it until modern times.

The message of the Good News, found in the Renewed Covenant, came at the optimum time in human history.  The events of the Good News happened in the very geographical center of this vast area.  The language of the Renewed Covenant was the optimum language for a message being spread to as many people as possible in this small window of opportunity.  The message of the Renewed Covenant (B'rit Chadashah aka The New Testament) spread first to places where there were people to translate it into Latin and Syriac Aramaic.  This  accelerated the spread of this message.  In fact, by 100 AD, there are records of the Children of Truth (those who obey The Father of Truth because they love Him) already being as far west as Britain and as far east as China.  They were also in Azania (modern Tanzania) by this time.  Three of the original Apostles of Truth died in the southern most part of India.

In all of these cases, those who made all of this possible, like Alexander the Great, were doing so, 100% for their own purposes.  They had no clue that the Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD) was giving them success, 100% for His own purposes.  They did not know that they were preparing the world to hear His great message.  This is certain, because He spoke through the Prophets of Truth about the rise and fall of these empires, hundreds of years before they existed.  These empires came and went, so the Messiah of Israel could come in the fullness of time.

The Father of Truth decides the boundaries of each nation (Deuteronomy 32:8).  He expands and shrinks empires according to His own timetable (Acts 17:24-26).

The Father of Truth knows how to motivate rulers to cause them to carry out His will, while they are in pursuit of their own will (Proverbs 21:1).  He gives success to founding rulers to create empires, and brings disaster to final rulers to destroy empires, according to His own timetable (Daniel 2:20-22).

The Father of Truth motivated the rulers of Assyria to create the Assyrian Empire (1 Chronicles 5:26).  He gave them success in creating their empire (Isaiah 20).

The Assyrian Empire then scattered the people of the northern kingdom of Israel to the east of the land of Israel (2 Kings 18:9-12).  Also, Syriac Aramaic became the common language across the Assyrian Empire (Isaiah 36:11-13).

The Father of Truth then motivated the ruler of Egypt to start the collapse of the Assyrian Empire (2 Chronicles 35:20-22).  He brought about the destruction of the Assyrian Empire (Zephaniah 2:11-13).

The Father of Truth then gave success to the ruler of Babylon to create the Babylonian Empire (Jeremiah 27:4-8).

The Babylonian Empire then scattered the people of the southern kingdom of Judah to the east of the land of Judah (Jeremiah 40:1).  The Babylonian Empire also destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple (Jeremiah 52:12-14).

The Father of Truth then brought down the Babylonian Empire and gave success to the ruler of the Medes to create the Persian Empire in a single night (Daniel 5:26-31).

The Father of Truth then caused the Persian Empire to expand through the union of first the rulers of the Medes, and then the rulers of the Persians (Daniel 8:3-4).  He gave success to these rulers (Daniel 8:20).

So, Syriac Aramaic remained the common language across the former area of the Babylonian Empire in the western half of the Persian Empire, while Persian became the common language in the eastern half (Ezra 4:5-7).

The Father of Truth then motivated the ruler of the Persian Empire to rebuild the Temple (Ezra 1:1-4). Then another ruler of the Persian Empire then made a decree for Jerusalem to be rebuilt (Nehemiah 2:1-9).  This decree started the countdown to the death of the Man of Truth (Daniel 9:25).

Yet, the Jews remained scattered throughout every province of the Persian Empire (Esther 8:9-17).  They even became scattered to places outside of the Persian Empire, that traded with the Persian Empire, like China (Isaiah 49:11-13). [Sinim is the Hebrew word for China.]

The Father of Truth also set the time of the end of the Persian Empire while it was still prospering (Daniel 11:1-2).  He then brought about the end of the Persian Empire, and the beginning of the unified Greek Empire (Daniel 8:5-7).

The Father of Truth did this through Alexander the Great (Daniel 8:21).  Alexander the Great set the stage to bring about the purposes of the Father of Truth, even though, he was doing everything entirely for his own purposes (Daniel 11:3).

The Father of Truth then caused the unified Greek Empire to split into four smaller Greek empires (Daniel 8:8).  These four smaller Greek empires were never as great as the unified Greek Empire (Daniel 8:22).  He caused these four smaller Greek empires to be ruled by the generals of Alexander the Great, instead of his sons (Daniel 11:4).

The Father of Truth then brought the Romans to start coming against one of these four smaller Greek empires at His appointed time (Daniel 11:29-30). [Chittim is the father of the Italians, which included the Romans.]   He then raised up a Roman ruler to take control of the western part of these four smaller Greek empires to form the eastern half of the Roman Empire (Luke 2:1-3).  (The Persians took control of the central part to form the Parthian Empire, while the Kushan turned the eastern part to form the Kushan empire, around the same time.)

So, Aramaic continued to be commonly spoken across the territory of the former Persian Empire (Matthew 27:46).  At the same time, Latin and Greek were the common languages of the Roman Empire (Luke 23:38).

The Father of Truth raised up the Roman Empire, so the Romans would carry out His will in killing the Man of Truth for the sins of others, and then destroying Jerusalem and the Temple again (Daniel 9:26).

It is certain that the Father of Truth did this, for He spoke through the Prophets of Truth about the rise and fall of each empire, long before each empire existed.

For example, He gave the founder of the Babylonian Empire a dream (Daniel 2:28-33).  He then revealed through a Prophet of Truth, that the dream meant that the Babylonian Empire would be followed by three other empires, each one stronger, but less rich, than the previous empire (Daniel 2:36-40).  He then gave another dream to that Prophet of Truth (Daniel 7:1-7).  He then revealed through an Angel of Truth that this dream meant the same thing as the one given to the ruler of Babylon (Daniel 7:15-17).

So, the Father of Truth set up the perfect conditions in the Gentile world for the rapid spread of the Good News.  His means to accomplish this was the rise and fall of empires.

The road system, peace, trade relationships, the widespread use of Greek as the common language, the scattered Jewish communities, and the central communication hub between these communities at the Temple in Jerusalem, created the perfect conditions for rapid spread of the Good News.

These conditions made it possible for people as far away as Pontus, Persia (Elam), Egypt, and Rome to hear the Good News at the preaching of Peter the Jew (Sh'mon aka Simon aka Simeon aka Cephas) in Jerusalem (Acts 2:9-41).  They allowed a man from Ethiopia to come to Jerusalem to worship in the Temple, and take the Good News as far south as Ethiopia (Acts 8:26-39).  They allowed some of the Children of Truth from Cyrene to bring the Good News to Antioch (Acts 11:19-21).

These conditions allowed Jewish men from far away places to meet together and send out Paul the Jew (Shaul aka Saul aka The Apostle Paul) to take the Good News to the Gentiles (Acts 13:1-3).  They made it possible for Paul the Jew to sail to Cyprus and preach the Good News, starting with the Jewish community there (Acts 13:4-5).

These conditions allowed Paul the Jew to sail to another Jewish community in Pisidia, and preach the Good News there (Acts 13:13-41).  They made it possible for these Paul the Jew to preach the Good News to the Gentiles there afterwards (Acts 13:42-48).

These conditions allowed a woman in the Jewish community at Philippi to provide Paul the Jew with a place to stay, so he could preach the Good News there (Acts 16:12-15).  They made it possible for Paul the Jew to escape Berea via the river to the sea, and then via the sea to Athens, when he was persecuted for preaching the Good News to the Jewish community there (Acts 17:10-15).

These conditions made it possible for Paul the Jew to sail to the Jewish community in Corinth, stay with a Jewish couple there, and preach the Good News there (Acts 18:1-4).  They allowed Paul the Jew to sail to the Jewish community in Ephesus, and preach the Good News there (Acts 19:1-10).

These conditions made it possible for Paul the Jew to sail to the Jewish community in Caesarea, and then go to the Temple in Jerusalem to report his success in preaching the Good News (Acts 21:8-19).  They allowed a Roman army to rescue Paul the Jew from Jerusalem and be taken to Caesarea, when some Jews sought to kill him in Jerusalem for preaching the Good News (Acts 23:11-33).

These conditions allowed Paul the Jew to appeal to Caesar to get to Rome (Acts 25:10-12).  They made it possible for Paul the Jew to preach the Good News to the Jews, and then the Gentiles, in Rome (Acts 28:16-31).

These conditions made it possible for Paul the Jew to plan to take the Good News as far west as Spain (Romans 15:24-28).  They made it possible for a woman from Persia to being living in Rome years later, and then come into the House of Truth (Romans 16:12).  [Persis means "woman of Persia".]

These conditions made it possible for for Peter the Jew to take the Good News as far north as Pontus (1 Peter 1:1-2).  They allowed Peter the Jew, Mark the Jew (Maccabee aka Markus), and Silas the Jew (Silvanus) to move to Babylon, and start a congregation there (1 Peter 5:12-14).

These conditions made it possible for James the Jew (Yah'acob, brother of Yah'shua (Jesus) aka the Apostle James) to send an epistle to members of the twelves tribes of Israel, who were mainly scattered across the Parthian and Kushan empires east of the Roman Empire, and even as far east as China (James 1:1).

These perfect conditions, that came from the rise and fall of empires, also made it possible for the events of the Good News to occur, so that there was a message to be spread during this short window of opportunity.

These conditions made it possible for the Magi to come from far east of the Roman Empire to Bethlehem (Matthew 2:1-12).  They caused the Man of Truth to born in Bethlehem, instead of Nazareth (Luke 2:1-7).

The conditions allowed the Man of Truth to be falsely accused before a Roman governor (Luke 23:1-4).  They made it possible for the Man of Truth to condemned to die by crucifixion (John 19:12-16).

These conditions allowed a man from Cyrene be present in Jerusalem to carry the cross for the Man of Truth (Matthew 27:31-32).  They made it possible for the Messiah of Israel to be crucified on a Roman cross (Matthew 27:33-35).  They allowed a rich man to get permission from a Roman governor to bury the Man of Truth in his own tomb (Matthew 27:57-60).

These conditions made it possible for Roman guards to be placed in front of the tomb (Matthew 27:62-66).  They allowed these Roman soldiers to quake with fear, and fall down like dead men, when the Man of Truth rose from the dead (Matthew 28:1-7).  They made it possible for these Roman guards to be bribed into lying about the resurrection (Matthew 28:11-15).

These conditions made it possible Jerusalem and the Temple to be destroyed as proof that the Messiah of Israel had died for the sins of others (Luke 13:33-35).

So the rise and fall of empires was the work of the Father of Truth to bring about the spread of the Good News over a large area in a short amount of time.

The Father of Truth eventually split the Roman Empire in half, and then brought down both halves.  He has continued to bring about the rise and fall of empires to spread the Good News about the Man of Truth.

For example, the British Empire was raised up so large that the sun never set on it.  This made it possible for British missionaries to bring the Good News to many places where it had never been heard.  Now that it has cease to be useful for bringing the Good News to places, it has been brought down to little more than Britain itself.

In like manner, the empire called America has been instrumental in bringing the Good News to all the world through missionaries tied to its various commercial enterprises throughout the Earth.  It has also made it possible to bring the Good News to every country on Earth through the global communication systems that it has created, like radio, television, and the internet.  Since America has turned away from bringing the Good News to other places, the Father of Truth will bring it down like all other empires.  The death of America is certain.

Soon the Father of Truth will cause the kingdom of the Man of Lies (The Antichrist aka The Beast) to rise and fall (Daniel 7:23-26).  This will be to cause the global empire of the Man of Truth to rise, and never fall (Daniel 7:27).

The Father of Truth has brought about the rise and fall of empires, so you could come into the House of Truth.  You can be certain that the Good News about the Man of Truth is true, because He told about the rise and fall of empires, long before they existed.  The Good News is being given to you today, because the fall and rise of empires made it possible.

You can be part of the empire of the Man of Truth that will never fall, if you will come into the House of Truth (Mark 1:14-15).  You come into the House of Truth by making the Man of Truth your king, because you believe the Good News that the Father of Truth raised him from the dead (Romans 10:9).  You can be part of the rise of the empire of the Man of Truth, and the fall of the empire of the Man of Lies (Revelation 19:11-21)!

Come into the House of Truth!

His Forever Family

What are you going to say to the Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ) about how you treated his family?

Here is a poem about this important question:

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO SAY?

What are you going to say?

What are your going to say,
about your part in his plan,
when you stand someday,
before the Son of Man?

What are you going to say,
if he takes you to task,
and will your life assay,
with these questions ask?

Why did you delay,
to visit me in jail?
What kept you away,
when I was not well?

Why did you not carve,
from your daily bread,
when I did starve,
but you were well fed?

Why did you not dig a well,
when I was dying of thirst?
Where was that sweet smell,
made by putting me first?

Why did you look away,
instead of acting in compassion,
when I was naked as a jay,
and you wore the latest fashion?

Why was I in the streets,
as a stranger in your land,
when you had spare sheets,
in a home that was grand?

What are you going to say,
when your fate in the balance lay?
What are you going to say,
to him on Judgment Day?

The questions in this poem are not arbitrary, but reflect statements that will made one day.

The Man of Truth will make these statements about the treatment of himself one day, as the basis for how he deals with certain people (Matthew 25:34-45).  Most of the time, people apply this passage to anyone in need.  Is this what this passage is really about?

Whenever someone applies this passage to any and every person in need, then this passage is being taken out of context.  By rightly dividing the Word, we will see that this passage has nothing to do with helping any and every person in need.  The events of this passage need to be considered in context of the entire passage, and the whole counsel of the Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD) laid out in the Book of Truth (The Bible).

In this passage, these events will happen when the Man of Truth comes to set up his rule on this Earth (Matthew 25:31).

The whole counsel is that, the war will be over, and the Man of Truth will reign over the world as he was born to do (Isaiah 9:5-7).  He will finally be given the rule over the Earth that he died on the cross to obtain (Isaiah 49:4-7).  The time for his everlasting kingdom to begin will have finally came (Daniel 7:13-14).  Everyone on Earth will be ruled by him (Revelation 19:11-16).

In this passage, all nations (ethnic groups) will be gathered before him at the start of his reign (Matthew 25:32).

The whole counsel is that, every ethnic group on Earth will come from every part of Earth to bow before the Man of Truth, when his reign begins (Psalm 22:27-29). Every ethnic group that survives the Tribulation, will start coming to worship before him every year at this time (Zechariah 14:16-18).

The whole counsel is that, every ethnic group that escapes destruction in the Tribulation, will come to bow before him, and swear to obey him (Isaiah 45:20-23).  On that day, every knee of every ethnic group will bow to him, and every tongue of every ethnic group will confess that he is their king, because of his obedience in dying on the cross (Philippians 2:8-11).

In this passage, it is these ethnic groups, not individual people, who will be judged and divided into two groups by the Man of Truth (Matthew 25:32-33).

The whole counsel is that, every ethnic group will be judged by the Man of Truth (Psalm 67).  All ethnic groups will come before him to be judged (Isaiah 2:2-4).  One group of ethnic groups will be judged worthy to enjoy peace and prosperity in his kingdom (Micah 4:1-4).  The other group of ethnic groups will be gathered to be destroyed (Micah 4:11-13).

In this passage, the Man of Truth will bring in those ethnic groups, that helped him in his times of affliction, into his kingdom (Matthew 25:34-36).  They will want to know when they did this (Matthew 25:37-39).  The Man of Truth will point to his family that has been gathered together before him, and say that those who took care of them in their affliction, were taking care of him (Matthew 25:40).

The whole counsel is that, the rest of the physical family of the Man of Truth, the people of Israel, will be regathered from the corners of the Earth, when he begins his reign (Isaiah 11:10-12).  The people of Israel will finish being gathered back to the land of Israel, when the Tribulation comes to an end (Jeremiah 30:7-10).  All of the people of Israel that survive the Tribulation, will be brought back to the land of Israel (Jeremiah 31:2-10). The people of Israel will be gathered before the Man of Truth, when the Tribulation is over, and his reign begins (Mark 13:24-27).

The whole counsel is that, for example, the people of Tarshish will serve the Man of Truth in his kingdom, enjoying the peace and prosperity of his reign, because they will not be among those who will afflict the people of Israel in the Tribulation (Psalm 72:1-11).  They will not be destroyed, because they will help the people of Israel return to the land of Israel (Isaiah 60:9-12).  Every ethnic group, that does the same things as the people of Tarshish, will be gathered to the land of Israel to experience the joy of being part of the kingdom of the Man of Truth (Isaiah 66:18-21). 

In this passage, the Man of Truth will cast those ethnic groups, who did not help him in his times of affliction, into Hell (Matthew 25:41-43).  They will want to know when they did this (Matthew 25:44).  The Man of Truth will point to his family that has been gathered together before him, and say that those who neglected them in their affliction, were neglecting him (Matthew 25:45).

The whole counsel is that, for example, the people of Edom will not help the people of Israel, but will rather add to their affliction of  in the Tribulation, so they will be completely destroyed (Obadiah 1:10-18).  Every ethnic group that does the same thing as the people of Edom will be cast into Hell (Isaiah 66:22-24).
 
In this passage, the fate of every ethnic group will be determined by what they did, when they saw the family of the Man of Truth, the people of Israel, afflicted in the Tribulation (Matthew 25:46).

The whole counsel is that, the Man of Truth is warning that people will be treated in accordance to how they treat the people of Israel, as the Father of Truth promised to Abraham (Abram) (Genesis 12:1-3).  When he comes to rule, every ethnic group will be treated like they treated the people of Israel (Jeremiah 30:11-16).

The whole counsel is that, those ethnic groups that will gather together in the land of Israel to destroy the people of Israel, will find out that the Father of Truth was gathering them to the land of Israel to destroy them (Zephaniah 3:8).  They will be gathered together with the people of Israel, so the people of Israel can see them being treated the same way that they treated the people of Israel (Zephaniah 3:15-20).

The whole counsel is that, those ethnic groups that will gather together in the land of Israel to help the people of Israel, will find out that the Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD) was gathering them to the land of Israel to help them (Ezekiel 38:13-16).  They will be gathered together with the people of Israel, so the people of Israel can see them being treated the same way that they treated the people of Israel (Zechariah 2:8-11).

There is no doubt that the descendants of Israel are the physical family of the Man of Truth (Romans 9:1-5).  Nothing that they can do, can ever change that (Romans 11:1-5).

So, the point of this passage is not to be nice to everyone at all times.  The point of this passage is not even be nice to the Children of Truth (those who obey The Father of Truth because they love Him) in all ages.  The point of this passage is to warn people to not neglect the people of Israel, when they are afflicted in the Tribulation.  The whole counsel of the Father of Truth summarized in this passage is this: Do not screw with the Jews.

The Man of Truth also has a forever family (Matthew 12:47-50).  The forever family of the Man of Truth are those, who seek to do the will of the Father of Truth (Mark 3:31-35).  The Children of Truth belong to the forever family of the Man of Truth (Luke 8:19-21).

The Man of Truth was the first born into his forever family (Romans 8:29).  Everyone who comes into the House of Truth is part of the forever family of the Man of Truth (Hebrews 2:9-13).

The Children of Truth are not to look the other way, whenever they see their forever family in distress, but are to take action to help each other (Deuteronomy 22:1-4).  The Children of Truth are to do good to all people, especially their forever family (Galatians 6:9-10).

The Man of Truth was once a prisoner for the sake of his forever family (Isaiah 53:6-8).  The Apostles of Truth were put in prison for the sake of his forever family (Acts 5:16-18).  Many of the Children of Truth have been put in prison (Acts 8:3).  Their forever family is even born sometimes in prison (Philemon 1:9-16).

The Children of Truth are to never be ashamed of their forever family that is in prison (2 Timothy 1:8-12).  They are to remember their forever family in prison, and show love to them (Hebrews 13:1-3).  They are to have compassion on their forever family that is in prison (Hebrews 10:34).

The Father of Truth does not despise His Children when they are in prison (Psalm 69:33).  He hears their groanings, and will give them an inheritance in His kingdom (Psalm 102:19-22).  His forever family is not without hope when they are in prison (Zechariah 9:11-12).

The Man of Truth lived as a stranger in the streets (Matthew 8:19-20).  The Man of Truth was once homeless (Luke 9:57-58).  Yet, he invited strangers to dwell with him (John 1:35-39).

The Children of Truth should remember that they were once strangers, until they were taken into the forever family of the Man of Truth (Ephesians 2:11-13).

The Children of Truth are to love the strangers among their forever family, like the strangers were part of their natural family (Leviticus 19:33-34).  They are to take care of the strangers among their forever family, like they take care of their natural family (Leviticus 25:4-6).

The Father of Truth treats the strangers among His forever family, the same as His forever family (Leviticus 24:22). He expects the strangers among His forever family to walk in His ways, like His forever family (Deuteronomy 31:11-12).  He counts the strangers among His forever family, who walk in His ways, as part of His forever family (Isaiah 56:6-8).

The Man of Truth went into the homes of those sick in his forever family, to bring healing to them (Matthew 8:14-15).

The Children of Truth have been commissioned by the Man of Truth to bring healing to the sick (Mark 16:15-18).

The Children of Truth should never avoid those in their forever family, who have brought sickness upon themselves by their sin (Psalm 38:3-11).  They should remind those in their forever family, that the Father of Truth is willing to forgive them and heal them (Psalm 103:2-5).  They should go to those sick in their forever family, to bring healing to them (James 5:14-16).

The Children of Truth are to go to their forever family, even when they know that the sickness is terminal (Isaiah 38:1-3).  They are to show compassion to their forever family, by weeping with those who weep (Romans 12:15-16).

The Father of Truth heals those in His forever family, when they cry out to Him in their sickness (2 Kings 20:2-5).

The Man of Truth appreciated the sacrifices made by the poor in his forever family (Mark 12:42-44).  He blessed the poor among his forever family (Luke 6:20-26).

The Children of Truth are to show their faith in the Father of Truth, by taking care of His forever family, whenever they see each other in need (James 2:14-17).  They are to take up collections to help the poor in their forever family (Romans 15:26).  They are to show His love, by using their wealth to take care of any of His forever family, whom they see in need (1 John 3:16-18).

There will always be poor people in their forever family, so they are to never to close their hand, but instead trust in the Father of Truth to bless them (Deuteronomy 15:10-11).  There will always be poor people in their forever family, so they will never lack an opportunity to do good to each other (Mark 14:7).

The Children of Truth are to always open up their hand to lend to their forever family, whenever one of them is in need (Deuteronomy 15:7-8).  They are to do this, even if they know that they will not be paid back (Deuteronomy 15:9).

The Father of Truth always has the welfare of the poor among His forever family on His mind (Psalm 40:17).  He has prepared good things for the poor among His forever family (Psalm 68:10).  He helps the poor among His forever family, when they are in need (Psalm 70:5).  He gives water to the poor among His forever family, when they are thirsty (Isaiah 41:17-18).

The Man of Truth came to bring Good News to the poor, heal the sick, and set the prisoners free, so people could become part of his forever family (Luke 4:14-21). The Man of Truth helped the disabled, and allowed the homeless in his forever family to live with him (Matthew 20:29-34). 

The Children of Truth are to include the stranger and the poor in their forever family, whenever they celebrate their holidays (Deuteronomy 16:10-15).  They are to make sure to include the disabled as well as the poor among their forever family in their celebrations (Luke 14:12-14).

The Children of Truth are to leave some of their income aside for the poor and strangers in their forever family (Leviticus 19:9-10).  They are to give interest free loans to help strangers among their forever family out of poverty, just like they are to do with the poor in their forever family (Leviticus 25:35-37).  They are to always leave something for the strangers and the poor among their forever family (Deuteronomy 24:17-21).

The Children of Truth are even to use part of their tithes to take care of the strangers and the poor among their forever family (Deuteronomy 14:28-29).  They are not to neglect the strangers and the poor among their forever family, when they pay their tithes (Deuteronomy 26:10-13).

The Children of Truth are to distribute their wealth among their forever family that is in need, as well as be hospitable to strangers among them (Romans 12:13).  They are to live out their faith in their treatment of strangers and their forever family (3 John 1:5).

The Father of Truth feeds the hungry, brings relief to the imprisoned, helps the ill, and takes care of the strangers among those in His forever family (Psalm 146:7-9).

It does not matter what else you do, if you neglect His forever family and others (James 1:27).

If you do not do take care of the forever family of the Man of Truth, what you are going to say?

Are you going say, that no one in your situation could do these things?

There is no situation that you can be in, that someone else has not been in, but still managed to do these things with the help of the Father of Truth (1 Corinthians 10:13).

For example, there is a young woman that I know, who has spent about one fourth of her life in the hospital.  The only money that she has is a small amount that the government gives her for necessities.  She has to account for how she spends every cent.  She is left with very little to spend as she sees fit.

This young woman decided a few years ago to sponsor a child through Compassion International, even though it required most of her discretionary money.  The Father of Truth began to bless her, so that she had more discretionary money.  So this year, she decided to sponsor a second child.  Despite her medical condition, she is working on a plan to create a business, so she will not be dependent upon the government, and be able to help many more children.

It is not like she does not have needs of her own.  Often, she is so sick, that she cannot even make it to meet her congregation one day each week, more than a few times a year.  Many times over the years, most of her friends have forgotten her.  First they stopped visiting her when she was in the hospital, and then they stopped doing things with her when she was not.  They simply became too busy with their own lives to have time for people like her.

Yet, she is not alone.  She is blessed with a family that has not abandoned her, like so many families have done with other children in her condition.  More importantly, she has come into the House of Truth, and has a forever family.  The Father of Truth has shown her how much He loves her, and cares about her even more than any human father could.  The Man of Truth has shown her how much he loves her, and cares about her more than any natural brother could.

One day, the Man of Truth is going to point to people like her as an example, as other people stand before his throne for judgment.  If you neglect the afflicted in the forever family of the Man of Truth, what are you going to say?

Are you going to say, that you did not have time to even give one day a week for pursuing his purposes, because you were too busy pursuing your own purposes?  Are you going to say, that you could not find the time to do the things that would keep you from being bored on the Sabbath?

The Man of Truth warned you to not be so caught up in the affairs of this life, that you do not have time for his purposes (Matthew 13:22).  You are to keep yourself free from everything else to pursue his purposes (2 Timothy 2:3-4).   These pursuits, that are keeping you from taking care of His forever family, are not from the Father of Truth (1 John 2:15-17).

What are you going to say?

Are you going to say, that you did not have the money, because you were obtaining bigger, better, newer, stuff?  Are you going to say, that instead of escaping the Christmas trap, you stayed in debt to perpetrate a fraud on your children via the Satan clause?

If this is the case, then money as replaced the Father of Truth as your god (Colossians 3:5-7).  You do evil to His forever family by neglecting them in their affliction, just to get things that you will either one day lose or leave behind (1 Timothy 6:7-10).  You do not have money to take care of His forever family, because you spend your money to do what everyone else in the world is doing (James 4:2-4).

What are you going to say?

Are you going to say, that the Man of Truth does not understand what you would have had to give up?

You could not be asked to give up more than what the Man of Truth asked the rich, young, ruler to give up (Luke 18:22).  Yet, this is exactly what the Man of Truth gave up, because he had compassion on you (2 Corinthians 8:9).

What are you going to say?

Are you going to say, that the Father of Truth asked you to give too much? 

The Father of Truth gave His only begotten son, because He had compassion on the human race (John 3:16-17).  There is nothing that He can ask you to give, that can compare to what He has already given (2 Corinthians 9:15).

What are you going to say?

Are you going to say, that you observed the actual Sabbath, because you knew who changed the Sabbath?  Are you going to say, that you observe all of the Feasts of Truth that form the Greatest Play Ever?  Are you going to say, that you avoided eating what He calls filth, because you know what's for dinner according to the Father of Truth?

If you do these things, but neglect taking care of His forever family in their affliction, then your observation of these things is an abomination to the Father of Truth (Isaiah 1:13-17).  These things only have value, if you take care of His forever family in their affliction (Isaiah 58:5-10).  It really does not matter what you eat, or how you worship, if you do not take care of his forever family, like the Father of Truth commanded in the Law of Truth (Torah aka The Law) (Isaiah 66:3-4).

What are you going to say?

The Man of Truth is no more expecting you do all of these things by yourself, than he is expecting you to fully carry out the Great Commission by yourself.  No one can do everything, but everyone can do something to take care of the afflicted among his forever family, except for the afflicted among his forever family.  Even sometimes, the afflicted among his forever family, like the young woman I mentioned, can even do something for others that are afflicted in his forever family.

Almost everyone, except the severely afflicted, can find a way to either spend time with the afflicted among his forever family, or give help to his forever family.

You can visit a sick child in the hospital, and do something with them that they think is fun.  You can help with a prison ministry, and bring hope to his forever family behind bars.  You can volunteer at a homeless shelter that preaches the Good News.  You can work through the outreach of local congregation to help the poor among his forever family, learn how to lift themselves out poverty by walking in the ways of the Father of Truth.  If you cannot find something to work with others in taking care of his forever family, then start something.  The possibilities are endless.

If your time is consumed with work, then make that work mean something.  You traded time for your money, no matter how you earned it.  When you give part of your money, you give part of your life.  You can give to any of a large number of global organizations that help the afflicted among his forever family.  The young woman I mentioned, helps afflicted members of his forever family in Africa through one such organization.

You can also give to something locally that takes care of his forever family.  You can have your wife sneak money into the purse of an elderly widow in your congregation.  If you enjoy shopping, then you can shop to get something, which you know that someone in his forever family needs, and then make sure they get it.  You can wrap it up in a pretty package, put it on their doorstep, ring their door bell, and then run away before they open the door.  There are endless ways to go about using your money, and your stuff, to help take care of his forever family.

If you have not been doing anything to take care of the afflicted among his forever family, then you can start doing something today.  Then you will not have to try to find something to say about why you neglected his forever family, when you are judged by the Man of Truth.

Now is the time to repent, for you will be judged by the Man of Truth as surely as the Father of Truth raised him from the dead (Acts 17:30-31).  Today is the day to start taking care of his forever family (Hebrews 3:12-15).

If you will come into the House of Truth and stay in the house, then you will not have to say anything.  If you will come in total surrender to the Man of Truth, then you will take care of his forever family.  On that day, you will hear him say, "Well done, good and faithful servant, enter into joy today!", because you were faithful to carry out his will (Matthew 25:21).

The Father of Truth will give you both the desire and the ability to take care of His forever family (Philippians 2:12-13).  The Spirit of Truth (Ruach HaQodesh aka The Holy Spirit aka The Holy Ghost) will write the Law of Truth on your heart, so that you can keep His commandments (2 Corinthians 3:3-6).  You will be able to obey the Law of Truth in taking care of His forever family, because the Father of Truth will write it on your heart (Hebrews 10:15-17).  You will take care of His forever family in this world, just like the Man of Truth did (1 John 4:15-17).

If you will come into the House of Truth, then you will be born into his forever family (John 3:3-5).  You will be born of the Spirit of Truth into his forever family, when you come into the House of Truth (John 3:6-8).  You will become part of his forever family, when you commit to obeying the Man of Truth, because you believe that the Father of Truth raised him from the dead (Romans 10:9).  After you come into the House of Truth, then you will find ways to take care of your forever family (1 John 3:17).

Come into the House of Truth!